A sweet angel

Our cute Grandma Sharon passed away last night.  She was the most amazing person.  So kind, fun and beautiful all the time.  About 10 years ago when we lost Grandpa Dick the Alzheimer's disease set in with grandma.  The poor girl has been fighting it for 10 years.  But no alone.  She had her 4 kids love her unconditionally clear to the end and her 17 grand children who wouldn't let a day go by without their grandma.  It was a hard battle for her towards the end.  She made many friends along the way and gave us many laughs to remember her by... so i wanted to jot down some memories I have of my wonderful Sharon Perry that I hold close to my heart. 

Dear Big Red,
Grandma I wish you didn't leave us.  We love you too much! But you were in so much pain all the time and I know that with out your memory you were so frustrated with life. So at the same time of being sad and angry that you had to leave, we are all so happy that you are healthy again and you can remember and that you are no longer suffering.  You wanted more but you were trapped.  Today I wanted to write you a letter to reminisce of all the great times you brought your family.

Red we couldn't have had a more fun Christmas if it weren't for you.  You and Tricky made it the funnest and biggest production of the year.  Because of you and your fun traditions and love for partying, the Rasmussen Christmas Eve party will continue for years.  You made every Easter so mysterious!  We all got rich off of the nickles you would tape on the back of every candy and love to search high and low through Brookstone to find our Easter Bunny presents.  I'll never forget when you hid mine in the window well!

I wanted to let you know how much I loved you and loved the tenderness of your heart.  In the time I knew my Grandma I never heard you yell at anyone.  You were too happy.  You had no reason to be mad at any one.  I loved that you were always game to go on trips.  California has been a fun tradition yet again started with you. We will miss seeing that big red hair at the beach and you thinking you could handle the California waves.  Ha ha the image of big red's Big Hair just drenched will  never leave any of our minds.  The cabin will not be the same with out you.  It will feel void of its fun/loving Sharon.  But we will still go up every summer and winter to be there as a family remembering the times we had with you.  And I'm sure you'll be sitting with us with Tricky and your Coca cola. 

These are some funny traits about you that I will never forget:

• You never left the house with out your "eyes on"..... meaning mascara and blue eye shadow
• You always always ALWAYS had your red lipstick on.  Even until you left us.
• That red hair.... oh what more can we say about big red's red hair.
• You never went without a toothpick
• You loved the Mormon Tab
• You always had to have either a Coke or a Dr. Pepper
• When your disease was bad, I spent the night with you.  I got scared of the big empty house we were in and asked if I could sleep with you, this is the answer i got, "Well sure honey......... (giggles) Ya big baby!"
• When I asked you what granddaughter I was you told me, "Oh.... i know... the pretty one" with a big smile on your face because we both knew you had forgotten.

Grandma Sharon I will miss you so much... it got hard near the end but I am so happy you are with your love.  Grandpa has waited a long long time to have his Sharon back. Your family that is still left behind will remember all the fun times we had with you over the years.  Heaven has gained quite the angel.  I love you and look forward to when we can all be together again. 

Love,
Whitney

It was very hard to be in the room as my last grandparent passed away.  We all watched her struggle for so long and the past 5 months were so hard on her.  She deserved more than to suffer.  Now she is happy, she has her memory back, she is with her love and she can watch her family grow from heaven.  I can only imagine the reunion between my grandma and her husband, her sister in law, her dad who she lost at 8 and her own mom.  Not to mention the little muts she loved so much.  She was truly a party animal so I'm sure heaven is quite the party with her now. 

I will never forget that room at Sunrise Assisted Living.  It was so full of the spirit.  I can't imagine not knowing the Plan of Salvation and loosing a loved one like we did last night.  It would be so much harder! I will never, never forget the image of my suffering Grandma getting a blessing from Tyler and my own husband as she was trying to go to her Father in Heaven.  Thinking of it now brings tears to my eyes.  The love I felt for Davis was imeasurable, the grateful feeing for the priesthood was unreal and the love I felt for my Grandma was so strong.  I will never forget that moment. 

Some old and Some new

On Aug. 6 which is a Saturday, I woke up to Davis outside cleaning my Altima.  My car was getting older and having more miles put on it and we decided to sell it awhile ago but never got around to doing it.  So Davis woke up early to get it super clean so we could at least take pictures to have for when we put it on ksl.  Well in the mean time he had found a little truck he wanted to buy to replace the Altima.  So he cleaned my car and then drove to Spanish Fork to buy this beauty of a truck.  While he was gone I figured I'd start the ad on ksl to sell my car.  I was in the middle of uplaoding my 4th of 9 pictures for the car when a guy called me to come look at it.  I was totally shocked that it was even on the internet since I hadn't even finished uploading pictures.  The guy came and looked at it and said well I know you are asking $3000 for it but I will go and get cash right now and  pay you $2,900.  I told him to go and get the cash and then come back.  I called Davis freaking out! He was laughing so hard and was also schocked that I had sold my car with in the 2 ish hours of him being gone to buy another car! What! How does that happen? We were so blessed to not only sell my car but to get rid of it so quickly and get that much out of it.  My mom and dad thought  I'd only get $1000 for it.  My sweet sister Ash thought I had only gotten $1500.  No faith in the old Brown bee bee! So here our new Ride! Watch out her beauty might make you jealous!

Yes yes it has a shell.  You can't tell but it doesn't even match... its gray.  Yep a true beauty!

The next week we had planned a Harley trip with Warnocks.  Every year there is an event called Sturgis at Mount Rushmore where all the hardest biker dudes basically ride through there the entire week.  Super cool.  Like all the rider gangs come and tons of police force are there to make sure its all safe and kind between people.  But the trip got rescheduled to next year.  So since we both had already taken work off we planned a married trip. 

I chose to go to Cali and Davis just said ok! Such a nice guy :)  I love San Diego because my family has a tradition of going there every other year and staying at the Catamaran Resort.  It is so much fun because it is right across the beach in Mission Valley and has beautiful grounds.  Well we are poor newlyweds so we stayed at a La Quinta like 5 minutes away from the Catamaran.  So it was still so awesome.  We beached it every day, went to the Zoo, went to the temple which is gorgeous and shopped until we dropped!  I have Meg and Callie for Christmas so they really benefited from this shopping trip. 

Bear Lake Baby

I love love love Bear Lake.  We used to go as a family all the time when we were little but that tradition slowly dwindled over time.  So totally last minuted my mom booked one room at Ideal Beach Condos... which most of you will know it as Sweetwater.  Yep all 10 of us in one room.  It was hilarious! We had so much fun and ate 24-7.  We for sure missed Devin though... he had school stuff all weekend.  Can't wait till he's done and can join on the trips!  It's just not the same to go wake boarding with out Devin and his wake boarding extravaganzas! They go a little like this: Devin being dragged by the boat on his stomach, head under water, being dragged by the boat head first feet way in back, feet barely still in the shoes of the wakebaord, still being dragged by the boat, the board creating a wake behind him as he's being dragged by the boat still! and yelling, "Cut it.... you think that's funny huh!  Cut it!"  Ha ha ha oh we love you Dev!
Here is our trip evidence!

Brooklyn didn't last long....

And once this boat ride got started she again didn't last long....

 Roger before....

 and Roger after....

 Yep Davis and Brooklyn are now buddies.

And the finale picture... doesn't get more precious than this! My mom with her two babies, Ash with her baby and Meg with her baby....even though he's in the tummy still :) 

Great 24th of July, Thank you so much Mom for such a fun weekend!

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Pretty sure I have had long hair since I can remember.... The other night I was talking to Davis and I was so needing a change with my look.  Long hair is fun but for over 5 years?   Hm... not so much.  But I never wanted to be one of those wifes that chopped all their hair off as soon as they were married.  Pah!  Well I sure didn't last long!  A whole 2 months wow!

So I went in for my regular hair appointment and told Andrea, "Well Andrea, you get to be scissor happy today!"  This was her response, "Shut up, you're really going to do this?.... Have you asked your mom yet?"  Ha ha even Andrea knows that my mom might absolutely freak!  But me being me, we did it anyway!  Ah! Andrea is such a good hair stylist that I felt totally comfortable having her cut it all off.  She would cut a piece and then hand it to me.  Cut another and hand it to me.  It felt so weird! But my hair is so much easier to do.  Anyways here is the picture of it last night after Andrea chopped off the hair and styled it her way.  yikes!!! Excuse the retarded facial expression. 

Bunco

I have the cutest group of friends from Albion Middle School that I never get to see anymore.  We went to different high schools so we didn't get to spend our high school years together but now we've made a bunco group (thanks to sarah) so that we can reunite!  This group of girls is the cutest, funniest, loudest, most loving group of friends.  Everyone has so much fun together and we all get so excited to see each other once a month.  I just have to give a shout out to all my bunco girls and tell them I love them and I never laugh as hard as when I do at bunco.  Some funny things about bunco:

• Sarah yelling bunco and traveler when its not even her who got it. 
• Cassidy's comments: "hm"....... "hm"
• Allie's excitement.  "Bunco! Yeah!" 
• Aubrey.  What more can I say we all can't have a normal bunco unless Aubrey is there. She owns traveler and is THE loudest person.... we all go home with ringing ears.  Yes Aubrey is a for sure must at bunco.
  

Twinners

Over the weekend it was Ash and Meg's birthday.  There are so many things I can reflect on when it comes to those two.  They have been my biggest examples and inspiration with life.  I have really looked up to them my entire childhood and now that I am a wife and "grown-up" I am constantly asking them: how do I do this?  is that a good deal? How do I do laundry? What groceries do I buy from the store and then from costco?  how do I make spaghetti? the list goes on and on.....

Mainly I want to let them both know how much I love them and some of my favorite things about each of them...

Megan: (since she was born first...he he) 

I love:

• Your gorgeous face... really they don't get much prettier than you.  Your hair is always perfect, your eyelashes are huge!, your lipstick is perfect and your smile is stunning. 
• Your fashion sense.... meg always looks awesome and in the most decked out outfits.  (She gets it from me hahahhhaha) 
• Your humor.  I've never laughed so hard then when meg pulls her witty jokes.... especially with dad. Those two in a room for more than an hour will get you a 6-pack no problem. 
• Your kind loving ways.  Devin is so lucky to have such a patient loving wife.  You always know how to make someone feel better and look at the glass half full. 
• Your poppyseed!!!!  I couldn't help myself :)  I can't wait meet your poppyseed. 

Ashlee:

 I love:

• Your hair.  It is amazing.  I want it.  It's like playboy bunny style and just hot.  Yes you are just hot. 
• Your face...and your makeup.  You always looks so gorgeous and I'm not the only one who notices the amazing makeup.  I had one of your patients remember you and she told me she loved how you always wore your lipstick.  
• Your character and desire to be a good person.  You are truly a legitimate good person.  You are always kind, you want the best for everyone even if you don't like them, you try to make all parties happy, and you are always making the party fun.
• How I can talk to you about anything and you will be honest and up front.  It is a true friendship and I am so grateful I share it with you.
• Your pipsqueek!  Yes I love her too.  She's my buddy. ;)

Twins I love you both so much and I hope your birthdays were so fun!  I know your amazing husbands spoiled you in one way or another. :)  Woo Woo!  So one more time...

Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday dear twiiiiiiiiiiiiiins!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUUUUU!! 
Love you

And the test says, "Yes you are Pregnant"

Wow!!!! To all of those who thought it was me that was already pregnant! 
Yes I may act like I am......
Yes I may look like I am....
but NO NO NO...............
Now if this post was really about me being pregnant then you see, Davis would be running for his life as I'm chasing him down the street... with a knife.... a BIG knife.
Oh Davis I Love you dear.  :)

So No, I am NOT pregnant but someone else is.....

MEGAN!!!!

The oldest sister in our family of four girls is cookin a bun in the oven!!! Yes congrats Meg!!

Megan told our whole family last night June 22 that she will be having a baby that is due Feb. 27th.  So far everything is looking good and her doctor says she's good to go! 

To this beautiful couple:

Davis and I are so happy for you.  This couldn't be a more fun thing to happen to you and we can't wait to celebrate it for you and with you!!!!  We were all taking bets the other day on what you will have and mom of course says a baby girl but everyone else is betting on a baby boy!  Either way we can't wait to love baby bland and spoil him/her rotten.  We love you two so much and can't wait to meet the new addition to your family in Feb. 

                                      xoxo- The Warnocks 

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